It's marvellous, all the same, the way that our Irish nationalism is much better than all the other nationalisms.

I mean there's no doubt about it. We're an exceptional nation which can look at the barking madness which nationalism is bringing to the affairs of so many countries at present, and can feel that we are free of such foolishness.

Indeed, we are even more exceptional in this regard, when you consider that about two minutes ago, in the broad scheme, there was a movement on this island which was not just carrying the nationalist virus, as such, it actually had its own army - and could probably raise another one if the occasion demanded it.

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